Florida International University Parking Garage Erected by Three Crawler Cranes
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August 5, 2014 - Crane Rental Corporation and Solar Erectors recently completed work on a six-level parking garage on the campus of Florida International University (FIU). The 2,400-space garage is the sixth on FIU’s main campus, serving its 54,000 students. The building also contains mixed-use commercial and classroom space, and is identical to FIU’s parking garage No. 5, also built by Solar Erectors.
FIU Parking Garage Project
Crane Rental Corporation provided three crawler cranes to lift more than 2,600 concrete components into place to complete the garage’s construction. The components were manufactured off-site and shipped to the jobsite. Two 300-ton capacity Manitowoc 2250 crawler cranes worked with 100 ft. of main boom and 100 ft. of luffing jib, and one 200-ton capacity Link-Belt HC-248H5 crawler crane worked with 200 ft. of main boom. The heaviest component lifted was 74,000-lb. shear wall.
The garage took 15 weeks to erect.
